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# Remote

- **Company:** MAG 24 LLC
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, R (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, SQL Databases, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems
- **Published:** September 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usd8fed33cd0532f644046d0de9497f984

## About the Role

* PhD in Economics or a closely related quantitative discipline
 * 3-5 years of post-PhD experience in applied economic research across industry, academia, public policy, or a comparable environment
 * Strong expertise in econometrics, applied microeconomics, causal inference, and empirical research
 * Strong quantitative and statistical-analysis skills
 * Experience working with large datasets
 * Proficiency with SQL and Python, R, or comparable statistical programming tools
 * Expertise in one or more areas such as labour economics, macroeconomics, industrial organisation, productivity, technological change, or AI economics
 * Demonstrated ability to develop analytical methodologies
 * Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
 * Excellent written and verbal communication
 * Experience producing research papers, technical reports, or policy briefs
 * Experience collaborating across research, engineering, product, or policy teams
 * Experience developing AI evaluations, benchmarks, agentic economic workflows, or enterprise AI applications is advantageous

## Description

We are sharing a full-time research opportunity for an experienced economist with deep expertise in applied economic research, econometrics, causal inference, empirical analysis, benchmarking, and AI evaluation to help develop rigorous frameworks for measuring and advancing AI performance across complex economic reasoning and research workflows.
The role sits at the intersection of economics, large language models, agentic systems, and applied AI research. The successful candidate will design economics-focused evaluation frameworks, develop datasets and benchmarks, investigate model behaviour and failure modes, and collaborate across research, engineering, product, and policy-oriented teams., Economic Research & AI Evaluation

 * Conduct applied economic research and translate findings into measurable AI-evaluation criteria
 * Design benchmarks, scoring methodologies, and quality rubrics for economic reasoning and research tasks
 * Develop datasets and test cases involving empirical analysis, causal reasoning, policy questions, and real-world economic workflows
 * Evaluate model-generated economic analysis for methodological validity, robustness, and research quality
 * Refine evaluation frameworks as model capabilities evolve

Econometrics, Causal Inference & Model Analysis

 * Apply econometric and causal-inference methods to AI evaluation problems
 * Review assumptions, identification strategies, statistical validity, and robustness
 * Analyse model behaviour, recurring failure modes, and reasoning weaknesses
 * Evaluate applied microeconomic and quantitative reasoning
 * Translate observed model failures into new research questions or benchmark tasks

Agentic Workflows & Quantitative Analysis

 * Evaluate AI systems performing multi-step economic research, analysis, and synthesis
 * Assess reliability across agentic workflows and complex reasoning chains
 * Work with large datasets using SQL and Python, R, or comparable statistical tools
 * Investigate enterprise and institutional use cases for AI-assisted economic research
 * Validate analytical outputs for methodological and computational accuracy

Research Communication & Collaboration

 * Produce technical reports, research findings, benchmark documentation, and policy-oriented materials
 * Communicate complex economic concepts clearly to interdisciplinary audiences
 * Collaborate with economists, researchers, engineers, product teams, and policy-oriented stakeholders
 * Translate economic research requirements into technical evaluation frameworks
 * Support cross-functional projects connecting economics, AI research, and product development


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